I said that his 47% quote only plays to the far right. Meaning, only the far right would think it was a good thing to say. Romney doesn't just share stats on public assistance, he used terms like "personal responsibility" and "dependent". He basically said half of this country is made up of bums. It was so typical for a sheltered, rich kid like him. He had no chance of beating Obama anyway, but that quote made him outright loathsome. It was...deplorable. Thank you, Mrs. Clinton.
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It also wasn't any sort of "play" at all since it came from a private meeting and not from a public forum.
Again, wan't talking about his intentions, I was talking about who the comment plays to, who would think it was a good comment.
Also, anyone who hasn't figured out yet that there is practically no privacy in today's world once you step outside of your bathroom is not smart enough to be president anyway.
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Was it something he shouldn't have said since Left-wingers and the Far Left would take it out of context? Yes.
The only people that took it out of context were his supporters, in order to sugar coat it and play damage control. It was one of the worst things ever said by a presidential candidate. Sadly, however, another GOP candidate has already topped him.
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The media was giving excess coverage to non-stories and non-events to defeat his campaign
According to whom?
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If President Obama threw out a statistic about his political opponents back then it would have gotten comparatively little coverage.
How could you possibly determine this? Do you work in the media?
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Oh wait, he did just that in 2008 when he referred to people in small communities in Pennsylvania and the Midwest who cling to guns and are bitter, etc.,
No, he didn't. Similar to Clinton, Obama was referring to rural right wingers specifically. Romney said that 47% of the entire country was irresponsible and dependent on government. Obama had only sample sized a small portion of the public, Romney sample sized the entire public. The entire country, at least.
The Far Right, meaning white nationalists, Neo-Nazis and the KKK, said nothing about Romney's 47% statement. That's just something you made up. And what does Mrs. Clinton have to do with it?
I don't think anyone thought it was a good comment, but neither is it as bad as the Far Far Left thinks it is. To say it's one of the worst things ever said by a presidential candidate is ridiculous and insanely wrong. Do you think that's worse than President Johnson saying, "We'll have these n----rs voting for us for two hundred years"? I can think of a lot of other statements that are far worse.
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How could you possibly determine this? Do you work in the media?
You do realize that there are organizations that monitor the media, don't you?
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No, he didn't. Similar to Clinton, Obama was referring to rural right wingers specifically. Romney said that 47% of the entire country was irresponsible and dependent on government. Obama had only sample sized a small portion of the public, Romney sample sized the entire public. The entire country, at least.
This scale of excuse-making takes being sycophantic to a whole new level, but it is amusing.
